Wedding Photos: Helen Gertrude McDonald & Harold I. Moore

The wedding of Helen Gertrude McDonald & Harold I. Moore took place on April 26, 1950 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Helen, the daughter of Ambrose Aloysius McDonald and Gertrude Anna O'Neill, was born 12 June 1916 in Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Helen was 34 years old when she was married. Harold I. Moore, the son of Dallas N. Moore and Mabel Williams, was about 33 years old when he was married.

Wedding of Helen Gertrude McDonald & Harold I. Moore
L-R: Martin Edward Geary, Harold I. Moore, Helen Gertrude McDonald, 
Virginia Dorothy McDonald  

A family portrait was taken the day of the wedding. This may be one of the last photographs taken of Ambrose Aloysius McDonald and Gertrude Anna O'Neill with their adult daughters - Virginia Dorothy McDonald (married to Martin Edward Gearty), Helen Gertrude McDonald and Anne Marie McDonald (married to Stanley L. Kresge Jr.). The couple's oldest daughter, Mary Elizabeth McDonald, died an an infant. Their son, Ambrose Aloysius McDonald Jr., killed in action at the Battle of Tarawa.

Wedding of Helen Gertrude McDonald & Harold I. Moore
Back L-R: Martin Edward Geary, Virginia Dorothy McDonald, Harold I. Moore, Helen Gertrude McDonald, Gertrude Anna O'Neill, Ambrose Aloysius McDonald, Anne Marie McDonald 
Front L-R: Mark Francis Geary, Kevin McDonald Geary, Kurt Kresge, Keith Kresge

These wedding photographs are shared with permission. The original photographs are in the care of Ginny Geary Laskovics my 2nd cousin 2x. Ginny is a niece of Helen Gertrude McDonald. The photograph is originally from the Virginia McDonald Geary Collection. Photographer Unknown. Editing and digital restoration by Michelle M. Murosky

Virginia McDonald Geary, Helen Gertrude McDonald and Anne Marie McDonald are my 1st cousins 3x removed. They are the daughters of Ambrose Aloysius McDonald, my 2nd great uncle and Gertrude Anna O'Neill, my 2nd great aunt. My relationship with their children is unique in that we are double 1st cousins 3x removed. We share two sets of common ancestors. Our common McDonald grandparents are Michael McDonald and Anna Haggerty. Our common O'Neill grandparents are Michael O'Neill and Ellen Cunningham. Winifred Agnes O'Neill is my 2nd Great Grandmother  Robert Alphonsus McDonald is my 2nd Great Grandfather. The children of Virginia Dorthy McDonald, Mark Francis Geary amd Kevin McDonald Geary, are my 2nd cousins 2x removed. The children of Anne Marie McDonald, Kurt Kresge and Keith Kresge, are my 2nd cousins 2x removed. 

References:

1. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Mary Elizabeth McDonald. Certificate Number: 77032.   
2. Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Marriage record for Helen B. McDonald. Film
3. Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Marriage record for Harold I. Moore.

James Arthur Murosky - First Holy Communion

James Arthur Murosky, the son of Arthur Murosky and Mary Eugenia McDonald was born October 8, 1942 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania. The family were members of the Roman Catholic Church.

The following photographs were taken on the day James Arthur made his First Holy Communion. His sister Barbara Jean confirms that children typically made their First Holy Communion in the spring of 2nd grade.

If James made his First Communion in the spring of 2nd Grade the photographs would have been taken in 1950. James would have been about 8 years old in the photograph below.

James Arthur Murosky

James photographed with his paternal grandmother Helen Tillie Bukowski. If the photo was taken spring of 1950 Helen would have been  49 years old.

James Arthur & Helen Tillie

From the Mary Eugenia McDonald Collection. Photographer Unknown. Editing and digital restoration by Michelle M. Murosky.

Arthur Murosky and Mary Eugenia McDonald are my paternal grandparents. James Arthur Murosky is my uncle. Helen Tillie Bukowski is my great grandmother. 

Kathryn Joan McDonald - Wedding Announcement

Kathryn Joan McDonald, daughter of Loraine Anthony McDonald and Frances Philomena Selker, married Jack Barr on November 18, 1950. A copy of their wedding announcement in the Erie Daily Times was included with her mother's photo collection. The newspaper page number is unknown.

From the Frances Philomena Selker Collection. Editing and digital restoration by Michelle M. Murosky.

Kathryn Joan McDonald is my great-aunt. She is the sister of Mary Eugenia McDonald my paternal grandmother.